The mission of the Organization of American States (OAS) confirmed that his arrival in Peru will be next Sunday, November 20, and his first meeting will be the next day with President Pedro Castillo at the Government Palace.
In its provisional agenda, the OAS detailed that, on the same Monday, November 21, the authorities of its high-level group will meet to talk with the president of Congress, Joseph Williams (Avanza País) from 10:00 am at the facilities of the Legislative Palace.
Likewise, on their second day in the country they will talk with the spokespersons of the various parliamentary groups and, later, with the president of the Judiciary, Elvia Barrios.
The last meeting they will hold on the 21st will be with political representatives and civil society. The dialogue with this group will last until Tuesday, November 22, this being their last meeting, according to their schedule.
Finally, on Wednesday, November 23, after analyzing the situation the country is going through, the OAS mission will go to the Jorge Chávez International Airport to leave the country.
It should be noted that within this agenda, the Organization of American States has not contemplated meeting with the National Prosecutor, Patricia Benavides Vargaswho is investigating the head of state and his entourage for the alleged commission of various crimes of corruption.
Reasons for the visit
The objective of this commission, made up of authorities and foreign ministers from different states, is to analyze the situation in Peru, in follow-up to the resolution of “support for the preservation of democratic institutions and representative democracy in Peru.”
The visit comes after the request of the Government of Pedro Castillo to activate the Inter-American Democratic Charter and thus, according to its articles 17 and 18, the OAS send a group to the country to monitor the state of the institutions and report to the Permanent Council so that they can then proceed to make decisions based on their needs.
